Historical events on July 15
JULY 15, 2009
Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashed in northwestern Iran, killing all 168 people aboard.
Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 was a scheduled commercial flight from Tehran, Iran, to Yerevan, Armenia, that crashed near the village of Jannatabad,
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JULY 15, 1410
The Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeated the Teutonic Knights at the Battle of Grunwald, the decisive engagement of the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War.
The Crown of the Kingdom of Poland was a political and legal concept formed in the 14th century in the Kingdom of
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JULY 15, 1870
Following the transfer of Rupert's Land from the Hudson's Bay Company, Manitoba was established as a province of Canada.
Rupert's Land, or Prince Rupert's Land, was a territory in British North America which comprised the Hudson Bay drainage basin. The right
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JULY 15, 1799
French soldiers at Fort Julien, near the Egyptian port city of Rashid, uncovered the Rosetta Stone, which was essential in the decipherment of ancient Egyptian scripts.
Fort Julien is a fort located on the left or west bank of the Nile about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north-west of Rashid
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JULY 15, 2012
South Korean rapper Psy (pictured) released his hit single "Gangnam Style".
Park Jae-sang, better known by his stage name Psy, is a South Korean rapper and singer-songwriter, known domestically for his humorous music
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JULY 15, 1983
Sega's first home video game console, the SG-1000, was released in Japan.
Sega Corporation is a Japanese video game company and subsidiary of Sega Sammy Holdings headquartered in Tokyo. It produces several multi-million-selling game
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JULY 15, 1983
Armenian extremist organization ASALA bombed the Turkish Airlines check-in counter at Orly Airport, killing 8 and injuring 55, as part of its campaign for the recognition of and reparations for the Armenian genocide.
Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) was a militant organization active between 1975 and the 1990s whose stated goal
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JULY 15, 1943
The all-female Emilia Plater Independent Women's Battalion was formed in the Soviet Union's First Polish Army.
The Emilia Plater Independent Women's Battalion was a unit of the Soviet First Polish Army during the Second World War. It was
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JULY 15, 1815
Aboard HMS Bellerophon, French emperor Napoleon (pictured) surrendered to Royal Navy captain Frederick Lewis Maitland, concluding the Napoleonic Wars.
HMS Bellerophon, known to sailors as the "Billy Ruffian", was a ship of the line of the Royal Navy. A third-rate of
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